Trimmer potentiometer with end terminals

Claim 1

A RESISTANCE ELEMENT HAVING RIGID TERMINALS EXTENDING FROM THE REAR OF ITS HOUSING COMPRISING: A LONG NARROW SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SUPPORT MEMBER OF ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINAL GROOVES IN THE BOTTOM FACE THEREOF EACH EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER TO A RESPECTIVE OPENING EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH OF SAID OPENINGS COMPRISING A COUNTERSUNK BORE CONNECTED TO A SMALLER HOLE OPENING ON THE UPPER FACE OF SAID MEMBER A RESISTANCE ELEMENT MOUNTED BY SAID UPPER FACE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER; A PLURALITY OF RIGID TERMINAL STRUCTURES EACH COMPRISING AN UNINSULATED STRAND CONDUCTOR HAVING A BOARD FLAT HEAD FORMED INTEGRAL WITH ONE END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID CONDUCTORS BEING RETAINED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID GROOVES AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPENING WITH SAID FLAT HEAD IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND WITH THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID STRAND CONDUCTORS BEING AT LEAST COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID RESPECTIVE GROOVE AND THE OPENING WITH WHICH THE RESPECTIVE STRAND CONDUCTOR IS ASSOCIATED; MEANS WITHIN SAID COUNTERSUNK BORE FOR SEALING EACH OF SAID CONDUCTORS TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER; AND A COVER MEMBER OF ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM FACE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND AT LEAST COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID GROOVES THEREBY TO ENCLOSE SAID STRAND CONDUCTORS TO REDUCE ELECTRICAL CURRENT LEAKAGE THEREFROM WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID ELEMENT.